Background. The beginning of Don Giovanni ; Mozart's genius ; Other operas ; Mozart and Da Ponte : The marriage of Figaro ; Così fan tutte ; Don Giovanni : historical context -- Don Giovanni. The opening : Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni and the Commendatore ; The death of the Commendatore ; Donna Elvira and the Catalogue aria ; Masetto, Zerlina-- and Don Giovanni ; The murderer is identified ; Don Giovanni's villa and the Champagne aria ; Act I : finale ; Act II beginning : Don Giovanni, Leperello, Donna Elvira and her maid ; Tenor arias ; The churchyard : Don Giovanni, Leporello and the statue ; The final scene : supper at Don Giovanni's ; Epilogue.